Apprenticeship is an internationally recognized model of learning receiving increased attention as it evolves to meet the needs of modern workers, employers, and the labor market. As apprenticeship expands, and new industries explore the model, adult educators are being asked to help develop programs and pathways, write curriculum, serve as…

This study aimed to examine the core issues and challenges with web-based distance education programs in Turkish higher education institutes. Formative research method, which is a qualitative research method in nature, was selected to analyze web-based distance education programs thoroughly. The study group comprised 4 higher education institutes,…

Instruction librarians want clear data showing the effectiveness of our workshops as a way of demonstrating our value in education. This article uses instructional design approaches to show how to make specific changes when writing and measuring our learning outcomes to capture what we are doing in our sessions. Unlike instructors with classes…

This study compares and contrasts four international faculty development programs for blended learning in order to understand the benefits, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations from such initiatives. The benefits identified for faculty members, who participated in these programs, were that they became more reflective of their teaching…

One method to develop leaders is through leadership development programs designed specifically for an intended context. The International Leadership Association (ILA) provides questions for designing programs such programs. This article reflects data collected during the process of developing a leadership program serving the broader agricultural…

This paper describes the achievements of an innovative eight-year research program first introduced in Mizoguchi and Bourdeau (2000), which was aimed at building a theory-aware authoring system by using ontological engineering. To date, we have proposed OMNIBUS, an ontology that comprehensively covers different learning/instructional theories and…

This booklet, the second in a series of eight describing the tenth-cycle Teacher Corps project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Lincoln Public School System, describes the diagnostic-prescriptive (D-P) instructional model used as the basic teaching process in the project. Key concepts in the D-P approach to teaching are presented, and…

Stresses the need to plan instructional programs for library users, especially in light of the tendency of working librarians to get caught up in the demands of the day-to-day workload and to forsake careful and systematic design in user education. An instructional design model for user education is discussed. (Author/JL)

Some limitations of instructional development are delineated, as are some of its potential adverse consequences. Finally, some possible strategies are advanced for rectifying undesirable impacts. (Author)

The complete instructional process in Adult Basic Education (ABE), focusing upon the teacher specifically, is examined, with special attention being given to the decisions surrounding the planning of instruction. This monograph discusses the process of goal refinement from major goals to program objectives to instructional objectives, analyzes the…

The thesis is a theoretical approach to curriculum development for occupational preparation. Following a brief introduction (which reviews the problems currently associated with allied health services job preparation), the first of the essay's two main sections considers theoretical questions dealing with the nature and scope of curriculum…

TEPY is a unified approach to the preparation of elementary school teachers which integrates the professional education areas of language arts and reading, mathematics, science, social studies, child development, evaluation, and teaching skills into an instructional format that is team-taught, clinically-oriented, and field-based. The program…

The third in a series of documents reflecting the development of a comprehensive career education plan for the State of Nevada, the publication provides direction for schools seeking to set up an instructional framework for a sound and comprehensive career education program. It suggests a variety of approaches utilizing the abilities and resources…

The publication is intended to convey a perspective on career education, emphasizing recognized instructional organization, processes and procedures, and concerns. The first chapter discusses the career education concept generally, as an instrument for curricular analysis and as a bridge between the classroom and the community. The second chapter…

The present paper defines the key words of "Distance Teaching" (DT), "Distance Education" (DE), and "Open (Distance) Learning" (ODL) to be followed by the exploration of the "Instructional Design" (ID) concept, its principles and process and the operational steps to emphasize on the ever missing issue of the…